Lake Jocassee, South Carolina, USA; June 3, 1980

Message: A FRIEND OF MINE AND I WERE FISHING FOR BROWNT TROUT AT NIGHT USING 12 VOLT FLOUNDER LIGHTS HOOKED TO THE SIDE OF MY 21 FT. WELLCRAFT BOAT. IT WAS ABOUT 2:30 AM AND THERE WERE LOTS OF LITTLE BLUE BACK HERRING AROUND THE LIGHTS. ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE BAIT SPOOKED AND MADE A COMMOTION AND WERE GONE. I WONDERED WHAT HAD SPOOKED ALL THE BAIT FROM AROUND THE BOAT. THE LIGHTS ABOUT 1-2 FEET UNDER THE WATER MADE KIND OF A HALO AROUND THE BOAT. IT MADE A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDE4N THE HAIR ON MY NECK STOOD UP AND I GOT A FUNNY FEELING. I HEARD A HUMMING NOISE NOT VERY LOUD. THE KIND YOU HERE FROM HIGH POWERED POWER LINES. I DO NOT KNOW WHY I LOOKED UP. THERE IT WAS JUST ABOVE ME MAYBE 150-200 FT UP. THE FLYING SAUCER LOOKED ABOUT 300 FEET WIDE. IT BLOCKED OUT THE WHOLE SKY. IT WAS SUSPENDED AND ROTATING VERY SLOWLY. THERE WERE YELLOW AND RED LIGHTS ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SAUCER AND FAINT WHITE LIGHTS ON THE BOTTOM.

AFTER A LITTLE WHILE MAYBE 1-2 MINUTES THE SAUCER TURNED UP ON ITS SIDE AND I COULD SEE THE DOME IN THE MIDDLE. THERE WAS A SOFT LIGHT COMING FROM THER DOME. THE SAUCER LEFT AND WENT I DON’T KNOW THE DIRECTION BUT IT WAS TOWARD THE STARS IN THE DISTANT HORIZON. THERE WAS A BRILLIANT BRIGHT LIGHT ON THE HORIZON MAYBE AS BIG AS A 50 CENT PIECE IN THE DISTANT HORIZON A LONG WAYS FROM ME.

IT STAYED THERE FOR MAYBE A MINUTE OR SO AND THEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE SPACESHIP APPEARED OVER TOP OF ME AGAIN WITHOUT ANY NOISE. MY FRIEND WAS ASLEEP THE WHOLE TIME. AFTER THE SPACESHIP APPEARED THE SECOND TIME I GOT SUPER SCARED AND GOT ALL THE FISHING LINES IN AND WENT HOME. THERE ARE NO HOUSES ON THIS LAKE AND NO LIGHT EXCEPT NEAR THE POWERHOUSE INTAKES. I WAS NOT BUT MAYBE 300 YARDS FROM THE INTAKES IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT WHEN THE FLYING SAUCER APPEARED.

I TOLD MY WIFE AND NO ONE ELSE UNTIL MAY 2008 AND THIS REPORT. I JUST BLOCKED IT OUT. NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT IT WAS PRETTY COOL. EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT. THANKS AND SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG. JIM PADGETT AGE 62